A Father’s Portrait of His Son– “Exclusive Thirst Quencher” Pastor Perry Kallis – 4/22/2012

A Father’s Portrait of His Son– “Exclusive Thirst Quencher” Pastor Perry Kallis – 4/22/2012

Text John 4:1-15 - Small Group Discussion Questions

1. When were you the most physically thirsty in your life?  What were the circumstances?  

2. How has God been purposeful in your life? Where can you look back on your life and see God’s hand purposely leading you even though you did not know it at the time.

3. Are there people or places in your own life that are like a Samaria to you?  Where you have bad attitudes, prejudices, and or jealousies? Why do you think that is? Is the attitude godly?  

4. Have you extended “relational graces” to someone recently?  Just like Jesus did with the Samaritan Woman.  Gone out of your way to show them God’s love?

5. Do you thirst after God and His Word?  Why or Why not?

6. How can we rekindle that thirst for God and His Word?  How can we return to our first love?

THe Living Gospel 4/15/12

A Father’s Portrait of His Son– “The Living Gospel” Pastor Perry Kallis – 4/15/2012
Text John 3:31-36 - Small Group Discussion Questions
1. What does it take to become a Christian? What do you need to believe? What are the basics?

2. When you think of Jesus place in Heaven what do you imagine?

3. What is the difference between being from Heaven and being from Earth?

4. What does Jesus proclaim about Himself? What is John’s emphasis in this passage?

5. Read John 3:32-34 – What does John mean when he says “He gives the Spirit without measure”?

6. Why is it important that Jesus is fully God and fully man?

7. When you think of a powerful Jesus what do you imagine?

8. How do you feel about the phrase “Jesus must increase and I must decrease”?

9. From Pastor Perry’s Illustration about the balloon with air if we don’t want to be smacked around on Sunday what do we need to do?